gryps
μηδέν' ὀλβίζειν, πρὶν ἂν τέρμα τοῦ βίου περάσῃ μηδὲν ἀλγεινὸν παθών → Count no man blessed 'til he's passed the endpoint of his life without grievous suffering. (Sophocles, King Oedipus 1529f.)
Latin > English
gryps grypos/is N M :: griffin
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
gryps: gryphis (grȳphus, i, Mel. 2, 1, 1; 3, 7, 2), m., = γρύψ,
I a fabulous fourfooted bird, a griffin: Pegasos equino capite volucres et gryphas auritos aduncitate rostri fabulosos reor, illos in Scythia, hos in Aethiopia, Plin. 10, 49, 70, § 136; Mel. 2, 1, 1; Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 30; Sid. Carm. 22, 66 and 67.—Prov.: Jungentur jam grypes equis, i. e. the impossible shall happen, Verg. E. 8, 27.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
grȳps,¹⁶ ȳpis (grȳpus, ī, Mela 2, 1 ; Plin. 7, 10 ), m. (γρύψ), griffon animal fabuleux] : Plin. 10, 136. la forme gryph- est de la décadence.
Latin > German (Georges)
grȳps, grȳpis (grȳphis), Akk. Plur. grȳpas (grȳphas), m. (γρύψ), I) der Greif, ein fabelhafter, vierfüßiger Vogel (ital. grifone, franz. griffon, span. grifo), Plin. 10, 136. Solin. 15, 22. Prisc. perieg. 703: am Wagen des Phöbus, Claud. VI. cons. Hon. 30 (wo Akk. Sing. grypha). Sidon. carm. 22, 67. – Nbf. grȳpus, ī, m., Mela 2, 1, 1 u. 3, 7, 2 (2. § 1 u. 3. § 62). Plin. 7, 10 u. 33, 66. – II) ein Raubvogel, wahrsch. der Geier, Vulg. Levit. 11, 13 u. deut. 14, 12. – Sprichw., iunguntur iam grypes equis = das Unmöglichste wird möglich, Verg. ecl. 8, 27. – / Die aspirierte Form gryphis usw. gehört den Spätern an.
Translations
griffin
Afrikaans: griffioen; Albanian: grifon; Arabic: فَتْخَاء; Armenian: արծվառյուծ; Asturian: grifu; Azerbaijani: qrifon; Basque: buitre; Belarusian: грыфон; Bulgarian: грифон; Catalan: griu, grif; Chinese Mandarin: 獅鷲／狮鹫; Czech: gryf; Danish: grif; Dutch: griffioen; Esperanto: grifo; Estonian: greif; Finnish: aarnikotka, griippi; French: griffon; Galician: grifón; Georgian: გრიფი; German: Greif; Greek: γρύπας; Ancient Greek: γρύψ; Hebrew: גריפון, כְּרוּב; Hungarian: griff, griffmadár; Indonesian: griffin; Irish: gríobh, gríobhán; Italian: grifone, grifo; Japanese: グリフォン, 獅鷲; Korean: 그리핀; Latin: gryps; Latvian: grifs; Lithuanian: grifonas; Low German: Grip; Macedonian: грифон; Malay: griffin; Manx: greeu; Norwegian: griff; Old Irish: gríb; Persian: شیردال, بشکوچ; Polish: gryf; Portuguese: grifo; Romanian: grifon; Russian: грифон; Scottish Gaelic: leòmhann-chraobh, grìbhean, grìbhinneach, grib; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: грифон; Roman: grifon; Slovak: gryf; Slovene: grifin; Spanish: grifo; Swahili: grifoni; Swedish: grip; Turkish: griffon; Ukrainian: гриф; Volapük: grifiun
